It has been 30 years since the former Commercial Crime Office was renamed Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB). On Friday, June 6, CCB celebrated its 30th Anniversary with a cocktail reception in the CCB Executive Boardroom on 13/F, Arsenal House, West Wing, attracting the attendance of 150 officers serving in CCB and those who had served in CCB over the years.

Thirty years ago, the CID was reorganised and restructured resulting in various changes in the charters of different investigation units within the CID, in particular those engaged in investigating serious crime. The charters of different PHQ units were amended and opportunity was taken to align the nomenclatures of certain units, i.e. use of the term, Bureau, for PHQ units.

Director of Management Services Mike Dowie, Assistant Commissioner (Crime) Wong Fuk-chuen, Assistant Commissioner (Security) Lau Chi-keung and Mr Lo Yik-kee, the newly appointed Political Assistant to the Secretary for Security, attended the event as guests of honour. To commemorate the anniversary, guests were invited to put their autographs on a large commemorative backdrop for the event.

In a keynote speech, CCB Chief Superintendent Chan Yiu-kwok noted that during the past 30 years, Hong Kong has seen prolonged economic growth; a period of recession during the Asia economic crisis of the late 1990s; and more recently a return to robust economic growth. Throughout those ups and downs, CCB played a key role in policing the commercial sector in Hong Kong and maintaining Hong Kong's economic success by upholding the rule of law.

A 30th Anniversary VCD has been produced summarising some of the precious moments in CCB and featuring short interviews with the senior officers who were former members of the CCB family.

The Dixie Band of the Police Band was in attendance to play the newly launched CCB song, making the celebratory event unforgettable. It is the first Bureau theme song in the history of the Force, and guests were also able to download the song's piano version and the Dixie Band's live performances as their mobile phones' ring tones.

Retired CCB Superintendent Brenda Ying returns to attend the cocktail reception with the guests of honour

Flash back to 1981

Commercial crime busters in 1996

A CCB celebration in the 1990s